Behold, My Hyper fixations

Armand lies and lies and lies... But there is a silver of truth in between. Okay, let's talk about it: we have Armand, all alone, desperately alone, he has accidentally confessed his love for Daniel and got rejected for it...

Thinks: I want Daniel back, I need Daniel back. I must make Daniel fall in love with me again.

Let's look at what made him fall for me in the first place: the chase, the stalking, the loving me like people love evil... Luckily I've been stalking him ever since I mind wiped him back in 1985. Yay. He'll find it hot, he'll find it so hot.

I will recreate the same feelings and events that made him fall for me back in the 70's. I will show him that it is still me: the giant bug monster that has ended millions of lives and that loves him... I need to stop confessing my love for him, that's not working, I need to be evil with him....

And you know what? It worked! Daniel was so fucking drawn to it, like a moth to a flame, he was so into it... He was trying to be horrified and failing miserably. "Oh, an ancient vampire has been stalking me for 52 years?" Daniel was twirling his hair, he was biting his lips, "tell me more...."

Armand knows Daniel, he has him exactly where he wants him, and then he offers him two things: the truth about Gabriella and Lestat and the offer to continue to be together... To become Daniel's maker, his teacher (just exactly the same as it happened in the book but reversed, not Daniel teaching him about the world or how to be fascinating, but Armand teaching him how to be a vampire, how to walk in the sun).

Which is exactly what happened during the chase and after the confession in Pompeii but reversed. Daniel is no longer the teacher of human affairs and of how to be fascinating, now it is Armand's turn. He will teach Daniel how to be a vampire, how to walk in the sun.

Armand is recreating their past relationship, he is making sure they are hitting the same bits! He is probably planning to take him to Pompeii to recreate the confession and exchange blood as soon as he deems Daniel ready for it (he was not planning to even say the word love for a long while)